Dandy Databases
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Citing sources
100
This library database is similar to Wikipedia, but is a reliable, academic resource.
What is Credo Reference?
100
This famous search engine can provide useful results when used appropriately.
What is Google?
100
When you use these around your search terms, it searches for exactly the phrase you type.
What are "quotation marks"?
100
A website that clearly indicates who wrote it has good what.
What is authority?
100
This page found at the end of your paper indicates the resources you used to find information.
What is a Works Cited page?
200
This library database provides access to articles from academic journals, and allows users to easily refine their search results.
What is EBSCO?
200
The website http://cdc.gov is an example of a website from this type of organization.
What is a government organization?
200
When you use this conjunction in your search terms, it searches for both of your terms. (X ____ Y- X/Y will BOTH be searched.)
What is AND?
200
The date a website was posted or updated indicates this.
What is currency?
200
Citing a source properly avoids this charge of academic dishonesty.
What is plagiarism?
300
This library database allows users to find academic journal articles.
What is JSTOR?
300
The website http://www.unc.edu comes from this type of organization.
What is a college/university?
300
When you use this conjunction in your search, it will search for either of the terms you used. (X ____ Y - either X/Y will be searched.)
What is OR?
300
A website with information that shows preference for a certain viewpoint is this.
What is biased?
300
The Modern Language Association created this style for formatting citations.
What is MLA?
400
This database features a concept map search, which creates a web that shows how your search term relates to other terms.
What is Credo Reference?
400
This website is NEVER to be used in your academic research.
What is Wikipedia?
400
When you use this adverb in your search, it will search for the first term in your search and exclude the second term. (X ____ Y- Y will be excluded.)
What is NOT?
400
This indicates that an author has some authority (qualifications, credentials, etc.).
What is credibility?
400
Citations in MLA format can be found on these library databases.
What are Credo, EBSCO, JSTOR, Bloom's, and Issues & Controversies?
500
This library database provides access to articles and information on crucial topics in today's world.
What is Issues & Controversies?
500
This search engine was created by Microsoft.
What is Bing?
500
DAILY DOUBLE- What is the term used to describe the logical operations that are used to combine search terms in many search engines and databases ?
What is Boolean logic?
500
This is the list of all items that matched your search.
What is the results list?
500
Quotation marks and in-text citation need to be used with this type of information.
What is a direct quote?
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